Mastering Presentations
Theming
Colour
Contrast
Border
Blocks
Direction
Focus
Font
Images
Lines
Text
Texture
Transparency
Shade
Shapes
Slide background
Sizing
Space
Patterns
Proximity
Remember
Consider lighting
How the audience will relate to images
Attention to detail
Precision
Text font, sizing, colour
Background compatibility, blind deficiency (contrast test)
Positioning balance, overlapping
Consistency content, heading, numbering, naming
Editing text spelling, punctuation, structure
Design layout, theming, transitions, titles
Image transparency, message, colours (no more than 4)
Data Information graphs, tables, charts
Clear visual appeal of information, space, pictorial elements
Always print a copy to edit
Graphics
Best Quality Resolution
Default PowerPoint is 16:9 aspect ratio
-On screen show 960 × 720 (10 in x 5.625 in.)
-Widescreen 1280 × 720 (13.333 in x 7.5 in.)
Default slide dimensions are 10 in x 5.625 in.
PowerPoint output size of 1920 by 1080 pixels is HD industry quality
Common Resolutions
4:3
Computer screens - 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864 and 1280x960
16:9
HD screens - 1366x768, 1280x720, 1600x900 and 1920x1080
16:10
Modern screens - 1280x800, 1440x900 and 1920x1200
Maximal image resolutions is 330 ppi.
High fidelity resolutions minimises compression and optimal rendering
Background Images
-800 × 600 pixels per in
=1024 × 768 pixels per in
=1280 × 1024 pixels per in
Preferred File for PowerPoint
JPG and PNG
